Perhaps surprisingly, the Cincinnati Reds have trotted out the best bullpen in the majors this season, posting a 2.48 ERA entering Saturday's play. Opponents are hitting only .207 against Reds relievers.

A big part of that success is Hallettsville's Logan Ondrusek, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound right-hander who posted the first save of his career Thursday night. The 27-year-old is 2-0, surrendering only two hits and striking out eight in 9 2/3 innings worked.

Ondrusek, in his third major-league season with the Reds, has not allowed a run in 15 appearances to start the 2012 season.

Ondrusek and bullpen ace Aroldis Chapman have combined this season for no runs allowed and a combined 0.71 average of walks and hits per inning in 29 1/3 innings pitched.

On the move: Former Corpus Christi Calallen High standout Ryan Duke, after a superb start to the season for Lakewood of the South Atlantic League, has been moved to the Clearwater (Fla.) Threshers of the Class A Advanced Florida State League. Duke, in his first outing last week, was touched for two runs in less than an inning pitched.

The former Oklahoma right-hander, 6-foot and 180 pounds, is 0-2 with a 4.35 ERA for the two franchises, both part of the Phillies' chain. In 10 games, he has three saves, striking out 14 in 10 1/3 innings thrown.

Worth watching: Ex-New Braunfels Canyon slugger J.P. Ramirez is making a huge early statement with the

Hagerstown Suns of the South Atlantic League.

Ramirez, 22, had hit .439 in a 10-game stretch entering Saturday's play, including six runs, three doubles, a home run and eight RBI for the Nationals affiliate.

The 5-10, 185-pound left fielder, who is hitting .281 on the year, was a 15th-round draft pick of Washington in 2008.

Rewind: One-time Corpus Christi Moody standout Luis Flores finds himself in a familiar spot this season, rejoining the Chicago Cubs' Double-A affiliate, the Tennessee Smokies. The 5-10, 195-pound catcher, in his first four games of the season, hit .357 with two doubles in 14 at-bats.